Machine for printing and dispensing slips



R. F. DOWNEY. MACHINE FOR PRINTING AND DISPENSING SLIPS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY25, 1920.

1,361,234. I tented Dec. 7, 1920.

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RICHARD F. DOWNEY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO ARTHUR LEIGH AND ONE-THIRD TO JES S E S. BERNER, BOTH 0F MILWAUKEE,

WISCONSIN.

MACHINE FOR PRINTING AND DISPENSING SLIPS.

Application filed May 25, 1920.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD F. DowNEY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of \Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Printing and Dispensing Slips; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. My invention relates to new and useful improvements in machines for printing and dispensing slips of paper or other material, and is particularly adapted for use in issuing transfers'and like articles on street cars or other public conveyances.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character which can be readily mounted upon a suitable part of a street railway car so as to be in a positionto be actuated by the conductor.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character which, when actuated by the conductor will dispense a transfer or the like so as to be readily received by the passenger. I

Still another object of the invention is to provide a transfer issuing machine on which various characters may be printed at the will of the operator, for instance the-date, the name of the car line, the direction in which the transfer is to be used on the connecting line, the number of the transfer, etc.

Anotherobject of the invention is to provide a machine for printing and issuing transfers as desired or needed thus saving a considerable amount of'material which is wasted under the methods at present in force.

With these general objects in view the invention resides in thenovel features ofcon: struction, combination and arrangement of parts which, will be hereinaftermore particularly described and claimed and shown.

in the accompanying drawingsin which:

Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional view taken substantially ontheplane of the line 11 of Fig. 3. r Fig. 2 is a detail elevational view of the cutting portion of the perforator WlllClh separates the individual transfers from the continuoussupply strip after the same have been printed.

'Fig. 3 is a detail vertical sectional View Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 384,115.

taken approximately on the plane ofthe line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

F1g. 1 1s an elevational View of one of the dials whlch is adapted to be turned to set the printing mechanism.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view through the machine shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and

Fig. 6 is a plan view of one of the printed transfers.

Referring more particularly to the draw-.

and the major operating portions of themachine are effectively inclosed and prevented from injury.

Disposed transverselyof the casing land substantially centrally thereof is a shaft 2 which carries a roll 3 ofpaper or other material from which asupply strip 1 is fed. This strip extendsupwardly fromone side of the roll and is trained over a guide bar 5 so as to position a portion thereof horizontally, this portion being fed through a guide throat 6 and a discharge opening 7 in one wall of the casing 1 by mechanism to be hereinafter described.

In passing between the guide rod 5 and throat 6, the supply strip 4 is supported upon a platen 8 which has a pair of depending plunger legs 9, the same being vertically guided by means of pins 10 locatedin slots 11 thereof- The lower ends of the legs 10 each carries a piston 12 which is slidable a cylinder 13. Expansile coil springs 14 located within said cylinder 13 and engaged with the piston 12 urge the plunger legs upwardlyto their limit of movement asdefined by the pins 10 and slots 11. I

The platen 8 in addition to supporting the supply strip 4 urges it into engagement with an inking tape 15 and a plurality of setsof type bars 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20. From Fig. 1 it will be noticed that the tape 15 is endless. and is trained around the type bars and the means which carry the same by guide pins 21 and a tape feed 'roller 22.

Patented. Dec. 7,1920.

The type bars 16 are of a permanent nature and are used to print the heading A of the transfer as indicated on the portion of the supply strip shown in Fig. 6. In the present instance this heading is in the nature of the name of the company issuing the transfer together with other data which is the same on each of the several transfers issued.

The type bar 17 is carried by an automatic intergrading register 23 which is adapted to print a serial number on each transfer issued. This register is suitably connected with other mechanism which will hereinafter be more particularly described so that upon actuation of the latter the numbers of the register will be changed. The type bars 18 are carried upon a suitable support which can be turned from the outside of the casing 1 so as to dispose any one of several different type bars downwardly. In other words each of the different bars 18 represents the name of the car line from which the transfer has been issued. The type bars 19 are also several in number and capable of being manipulated with respect to each other so as to procure different combinations of letters and numbers. These type bars are primarily adapted to print the date and time on the transfer. The other type bars 20 which, as in the case of the bars 18 and 19 can be adjusted from the outside of the casing 1, are used for designating the direction in which the holder of the transfer is to travel on the connecting street car.

The platen 8 is moved downwardly against the tension of said springs 14 by means of main operating levers 24 which, as shown in Fig. 5 form the arms of the U-shaped yoke pivoted to the opposite walls of the casing 1 as indicated at 25. The base of the yoke projects from the casing and has a handle 26 connected thereto. Each of the levers 24 carries a gravity actuated latch bar 27 one end of which is adapted to engage in a notch 28 in the adjacent plunger leg 9. Thus as the levers 24 are moved downwardly by the handle 26, the ends of the latch bars 27 will automatically engage the notches 28 and carry the legs 9 and the plunger 8 downwardly, said downward movement continuing until the latch bars are tripped by means of trip pins 29. As soon as such tripping occurs the plunger legs are disengaged from the levers 24 and the springs 14 forcibly project the plunger 8 and the horizontal portion of the supply strip 4 against the inking tape 15 and the typ bars hereinbefore referred to. The different characters are thereby printed upon the supply strip while the same is stationary, the nature of said characters being clearly designated in Fig. 6.

Substantially immediately after the printing, rollers 30 on the levers 24 come in contact with feed roll actuating arms which are pivoted at one end of the walls of the casing 1 on each side of the supply roll 3. The free end of these arms 31 have one end of drive belts 32 connected thereto, the other end of which are attached to the casing 1 by means of contractile springs 33. Consequently when the engagement of the rollers 30 and the arms 31 occur, thelatter are moved downwardly, the belts 32 shifted and the springs 33 expanded.

In this connection it might be mentioned that the belts 32 are trained over drive pulleys 34 on the ends of a transfer feed roll shaft, the roll of which carried thereon being designated by the character 35. The periphery of this feed roll 35 coiiperates with a supporting roll 36 between which the horizontal portion of the supply strip 4 is fed by the rotation of the former. A pawl 37 engageable in a seat 38 in the periphery of the roll 35 prevents retrograde movement thereof. In addition to feeding the supply strip through the throat 6 and discharge opening 7 the roll 35 also revolves the tape feed roll 22 through a pin 38' projecting from the one thereof, and a sprocket wheel 39 with which the last mentioned element is engageable.

Downward movement of the levers 24 also shifts a perforator plate 40 into operative position, this plate being slid-able between the wall of the casing 1 in which the discharge pin 7 is located and the guide throat 6. In other words as shown in Fig. 1, the perforator plate crosses the path of movement of the supply strip and partially severs the printed transfer from thenlnprinted portion of the supply strip 4.

Inasmuch as it is undesirable to have the supply strip moved when the perforator plate 40 is operating, the feed roll 35 is longitudinally recessed as at 41. This recess is so positioned with relation to the movement of the perforator plate 40 that the rotation of the feed roll 35 will have no effect on the movement of the supply strip at the moment when the teeth of the plate 40 engage the latter. After the supply strip has been perforated the operating parts are returned to normal position by means of contractile springs 42 connected with the levers 24. Likewise the types of the register 17 are shifted owing to the link connection 43 between the same and said levers 24.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be seen that the operation of my invention is briefly as follows:

When a transfer is desired by a passenger the conductor, after having set the different type bars by setting means located exteriorly of the casin 1, presses downwardly on the handle 26. The platen 8 being thus moved away from the horizontal portion of the supply strip 4 a predetermined distance is tripped and forcibly engages said portion of the supply strip against the inking tape 15. This operation prints parts of two transfers as shown in Fig. 6, that is to say the changeable legends are imprinted on one transfer portion of the supply strip and the permanent heading A on the second transfer portion.

After printing, the supply strip is continuously moved toward and through the discharge opening 7 until the end of, the projecting transfer portion of the supply strip coincides with the path of movement of the perforator plate 40, whereupon feeding of said strip momentarily ceases so that the perforator plate may be operated effec tively. Upon the perforation of the supply strip by means of said plate 40, the passenger may readily tear his transfer, which projects from the casing 1, from the major portion of the supply strip. These operations are repeated each time the handle 26 is depressed.

Various changes may be made in the form and proportions of the different parts of the apparatus and in the means of assembling the same, without departing from the principles of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

I claim:

1. A machine of the class described including means for marking a portion of a strip, a continuously operable feed roll hav ing a longitudinal recess in its periphery, said roll being adapted to feed the strip subsequent to marking the same, the strip remaining stationary during the registration of the recess and the former, and means for partly severing the marked portion of the strip from the other portion, said last mentioned means being operable simultaneously with the registration of the feed roll recess and the strip.

2. A machine of the class described adapted to form a continuous strip into a plurality of transfers or the like, including means for simultaneously marking parts of two adjacent transfer portions, and feeding means for drawing the strip through the marking means to dispose one transfer portion at a point of discharge and beyond a point of engagement with said means, the marked portion ofthe next adjacent trans fer portion being in position to be engaged by said feeding means, and means for partially severing the first referred to transfer portion from the next adjacent and last referred to transfer portion.

3. A machine of the class described including means'for marking a portion of a strip, means for feeding the strip subsequently to marking the same, means for par tially severing the marked portion of the strip from the other portion, and means for discontinuing feeding of the strip simultaneously with the operation of the severing means. I

A 4. A machine of the class described adapted to form a continuous strip into a plurality of transfers or the like, including means for simultaneously marking parts of two adjacent transfers, means for feeding the marked portion of the strip, and means for partially severing one transfer portion from the partially marked adjacent transfer portion.

A machine of the class described including means for marking a" portion of a strip, means for feeding said strip from the marking means, and a lever for successively actuating each of said means by continuous movement thereof in one direction.

6. A machine of the class described including means for marking a portion of a strip, means for feeding said strip from the marking means, means for partially severing the marked portion from the other portion of the strip, and a lever for successively actuating each of said means by a continuous movement thereof in one direction.-

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Visconsin.

RICHARD F, DOVVNEY. 

